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Elder care
With rising elder care costs, the Great Wealth Transfer won't be so great
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Richard Cunningham
Nov 6, 2023
Older generations are spending down their nest eggs and leaving smaller inheritances to adult children, writer Annie Logue explains.
COVID-19 adds more challenges to overtaxed elder care system
May 25, 2020
Marketplace economics contributor Chris Farrell talks about COVID-19's impact on long-term care.
Preparing for retirement when you have one child
by
Rose Conlon
Dec 5, 2019
"It gets complicated after your parents pass away and you have nobody."
The cartoonist drawing comics about his mother's Alzheimer's
by
Rose Conlon
Sep 26, 2019
Ted Rall's new cartoons tackle the isolation and financial stress of family caregiving.
The financial toll of caring for aging parents as an only child
by
Rose Conlon
Sep 25, 2019
Elder care can be a challenge without the help of siblings.
What Maine's "elder boom" means for the rest of the country
by
Kimberly Adams
, Jonaki Mehta
and Rose Conlon
Aug 20, 2019
It could be a preview of a caregiver shortage to come.
Are you an only child? We want to hear from you.
by
Rose Conlon
Jun 25, 2019
We're exploring how only children care for their aging parents.
For public good, not for profit.
GE has a long-term care insurance problem
Jan 1, 2019
Caring for the elderly is expensive for insurers and for families.
Feds want fewer anti-psychotics prescribed to seniors
Mar 2, 2015
Heavily marketed to treat patients with dementia, drugs can lead to death